Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772
1808
Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772
1808
First published London: R. Blamire, 1786 Paging: xlvii, 238 p., 15 leaves of plates; viii, 264 p., 16-[30] leaves of plates The views are etchings with aquatint after Gilpin's sketches. They are printed in black with tonal wash applied by hand. Plates 25-[30] depict grazing animals (horse, cattle, sheep) and make use of soft-ground etching in addition to etching and aquatint; some of these are signed in the plate SG, perhaps for Gilpin's brother Sawrey, an animal painter and etcher. The maps depict individual lakes, hand-colored blue At end of the 2nd vol. are 2 p. listing Gilpin's works available from the publishers Binding: brown paper, printed paper spine labels Abbey, J.R. Scenery Getty copy has a collation of the work in pencil on front free endpaper recto, together with a price of £45
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Gilpin, William, 1724-1804. Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. Lex, lex-books.com/book/observations-on-several-parts-of-england-particularly-the-mountains-and-lakes-of-91439e48-d100-4e71-b14b-3539e3992ca8.Gilpin, W. (1808). Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/observations-on-several-parts-of-england-particularly-the-mountains-and-lakes-of-91439e48-d100-4e71-b14b-3539e3992ca8Gilpin, William, 1724-1804. Observations on several parts of England, particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/observations-on-several-parts-of-england-particularly-the-mountains-and-lakes-of-91439e48-d100-4e71-b14b-3539e3992ca8.
